Michael Robbins, Mexican Twilight, 1985, oil on canvas, 40 × 30 inches. Courtesy of Ellen Sragow Gallery.
Michael Robbins, My Father in Mexico, (detail—center), 1984, oil on canvas, 72 × 48 inches. Courtesy of Ellen Sragow Gallery.
MOLLY, MERCY, MADELINE,
MYRA, MAGGIE, MEREDITH,
MARLEY, MAGDA, MARGARET,
MINDY, MILLIE, MAGDALA,
MYRNA, MOIRA, MARIANNE,
MARLA, MAURA, MARIGOLD,
MEGHAN, MARY, MILLICENT,
MAITE, MAPLE, MITZI.
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